As a result, a "Everybody Research the Holocaust Day" has been created for 30th June.*
Unity at the Ministry of Truth has an interesting way to deal with such a ridiculous suggestion:
Between now and the 30th June, I'd like as many bloggers as possible to spend just a little bit of time researching the Holocaust.I'm not sure if I'll have the time to actually research an article for it, but I'm interested to see what "evidence" against the holocaust is published.
And then, on the 30th June, I'd like you all to write and publish a blog post telling the world what you’ve found out, turning the day into a real Holocaust Research Day.
As for the Holocaust deniers and their childish little Facebook group, all I ask is that you leave them alone – so, please, no complaints to Facebook, no protests and no abusive comments either publicly or by email/personal messages. If you want to take any direct action against this group and its members then I'd suggest you do no more than look out for any conspiracist nonsense posted to the group and, if you have time, subject it to a good old-fashioned fisking.
* Yes, it seems that the best way to respond to drawings of some guy who died about 1500, is to make light of an act of genocide. I may be missing something, but I do not see the similarity. Tweet
1 comments:
I do find the whole thing rather interesting. From what I can see, a number of people perceive the Israeli state as using the Holocaust as some kind of shield against criticism. That such an horrific set of events should be turned into a political football is saddening. On the other hand, it also freaks me out that the whole thing has been turned into a "believers vs secularists" pissing match.
I agree that any historical event should be looked at critically, especially if it is being used as any kind of political bargaining tool. History being what it is, it is invariably distorted. But it also seems to me that most critical examinations of the Holocaust are rooted in antisemitism and will wind up tainted by that motivation.
As you say, it will be interesting to see what is said, but the whole thing strikes me as a hoard of misguided people barking up the wrong tree.
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